Judge Lets Anti-Asian Admissions Suit Advance Against Washington After Student Rejected by 16 Colleges
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Judge Lets Anti-Asian Admissions Suit Advance Against Washington After Student Rejected by 16 Colleges
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
A federal judge let Stanley Zhong’s Title VI claim against the University of Washington move forward, rejecting the university’s sovereign-immunity defense while dismissing several other claims and two of three plaintiffs.
The ruling opens discovery, allowing the Palo Alto family to seek internal documents, communications and admissions data to support allegations that Asian-American applicants were disadvantaged.
Stanley Zhong, now 21, had a 1590 SAT, 4.42 GPA and a startup featured by Amazon Web Services, yet was rejected by 16 of 18 colleges before taking a Google software engineering job.
Washington said the Allen School is highly competitive and that, as the state’s flagship university, it prioritizes in-state applicants, arguing most out-of-state candidates are denied for that reason.
The case is part of a broader set of lawsuits the family filed against multiple universities, which Nan Zhong says reflects a systemic issue reported by dozens of other Asian-American families.